"Before the Christmas break, when it was 75 degrees, humid and muggy, there was talk of praying for snow when we got back from break," said Kristine Cerniglia of the parish. One of the sisters ...

The jumbo ascended the steps that led to Wat Tham Sarika temple at the top, where the orange-robed men gathered before sunrise to pray in Nakhon ... in glass cases. A monk said: 'It was the ...

Think of all the daily offices where monks hear liturgies and pray for people they’ve never met, perhaps lumping people into categories — car mechanics, out-of-work gardeners, law students who flunked ...

Snow is still the topic of conversation among a group of Louisiana nuns, but they had no idea their prayers were about to be answered in a truly memorable way.